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Aug 8, 20222 min read
Black Girls Who Look Like White Girls...: An Introduction
Once upon a Times Square, a random stranger introduced me to the label “black girls who look like white girls.” I didn’t get a chance to...
May 24, 20234 min read
"You can take up space"
I recently started seeing a transracial therapist. After just one session, I already had a new “tool” in my mental “tool belt” that...
May 1, 20233 min read
"I'm a Porsche with no brakes"
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. With current economic uncertainties, pandemic isolation, lack of access to mental health coverage,...
Apr 24, 20233 min read
"The Pencil Test" (and other "Blackness" tests)
This past February, I posted about Black History Month and my feeling of disconnect from U.S. Black history (as, to my knowledge, my...
Feb 22, 20232 min read
"I'm not Black..."
Black History Month is always a mental trip for me. Every year comes with a February, and with it comes Black History Month (thankfully)...
Nov 18, 20225 min read
Our Crown: Hair Care Tips for “Black Girl” Hair
As Black people, our hair is our “crown!” It’s a form of self expression and personal style (even self identity for some), but it’s not...
Oct 24, 20223 min read
“…a lady can have a fin for a butt but not melanin.”
Ahh, Halloween... Any other time of the year, I wouldn’t be a proponent of hiding your true self, slapping on a face of bargain brand...
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